A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots

ADMIN NOTE: The authorship of this piece has never been confirmed to be from anyone, and originated as an email meme in February of 2013. In addition,
upon inspection, only one of the points are actually true.

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Honestly, I don't think I can add anything to this, I agree with Mr Foxworthy in every way. He may portray himself as a ignorant redneck in his comedy
routine, but he's obviously anything but.

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in
a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for
who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16
fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat
— you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a
burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by
idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that
was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade
school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC
checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by
idiots.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks of unemployment checks,
without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn’t be found — you might live in a nation that was
founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all
plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded
by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation
that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

I really can't add anything more to your thread than what your title says. The thread title sums in 9 words all the reasons that we have so many
problems and I don't think I've read more truth in a long time.

The thing is that We The People are their bosses and therefore we can lawfully fire them all. It is not only our right but our duty to do so when the
government has become destructive to the people.

.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness

The problem is that people are more worried about having their internet and new I Phones, watching the Kardashians and Dancing With The Stars than
they are about the future of our nation. Until people become vigilant of the tyranny in government and make securing their liberties more important
than their evening entertainment we will continue to decline.

Nothing would make me happier than to have 5 million people or even 20 million people show up in DC and demand the immediate resignation of about 90%
of the politicians there. That scenario would be much better than what is sure to happen if we don't.

If your Commander-in-chief announces "mission accomplished" after major combat operations, but really there's another 9 years of brutal war to go
— you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

Thanks for all your comments. I don't see how anyone can look at just these few examples and say our nation is getting better. We are not. From
political correctness being valued over common sense to being rewarded for being lazy, we are on a down hill slide and it's going to get worse before
it gets better. If it ever does.

I'm sitting in the Dr's office right now and the TV show "The Talk" is on, first time I've watched TV in several weeks. It occurred to me while
watching the garbage on the TV that the reason our nation is run by idiots is because we are collectively a nation of idiots. Its the law of
attraction on a national political level, idiots can relate to idiots and they relate to the idiots that run for office and therefore elect idiots

Originally posted by DAVID64
Honestly, I don't think I can add anything to this, I agree with Mr Foxworthy in every way. He may portray himself as a ignorant redneck in his
comedy routine, but he's obviously anything but.

He did not write that piece. Snopes.com
Jeff's brother, Jay, confirmed it did not originate with Foxworthy.

Originally posted by Nucleardiver
I'm sitting in the Dr's office right now and the TV show "The Talk" is on, first time I've watched TV in several weeks. It occurred to me while
watching the garbage on the TV that the reason our nation is run by idiots is because we are collectively a nation of idiots. Its the law of
attraction on a national political level, idiots can relate to idiots and they relate to the idiots that run for office and therefore elect idiots

You are absolutely correct sir.

That is why George W. Bush was chosen to be the salesman for the biggest scam in the political history of the United States. Only an idiot in the
White House could resonate perfectly with an idiot nation. When an idiot nation sees its own idiot likeness in the White House, it becomes completely
impervious to reason. It sees confirmation of every idiot notion that ever got into its head, at the highest level in the land.

It is impossible to argue with a fool. He will bring you down to his level and then beat you with experience.

I want to underline though, that this situation is not unique to America. Canadians are just as dumb. It's the same everywhere.

You don't defeat an idiot with logic. You outwit him with even dumber idiocy. That's what Oliver Stone and many well meaning people don't
understand.

To get an idiot to change his mind you have to show that you agree with him but on an even lower level. You have to take over the "stupid spot".
You have to be so stupid and so ingratiating that the idiot is repelled by you and forced into a higher intellectual orbit.

This process takes place on a sub-rational, almost molecular level.

Jeff Foxworthy, even if he didn't write the OP's linked piece, knows all about this dynamic.

Originally posted by DAVID64
Honestly, I don't think I can add anything to this, I agree with Mr Foxworthy in every way. He may portray himself as a ignorant redneck in his
comedy routine, but he's obviously anything but.

He did not write that piece. Snopes.com
Jeff's brother, Jay, confirmed it did not originate with Foxworthy.

Good read. I wrote a similar rant about a year ago which got nearly 70 flags. Looking
back at it now, it's much more relevant to our times. I wrote it before this whole mass surveillance issue had been sparked by Snowden and before the
gun controversy was raging due to the recent mass murders.

Originally posted by Nucleardiver
I really can't add anything more to your thread than what your title says. The thread title sums in 9 words all the reasons that we have so many
problems and I don't think I've read more truth in a long time.

Let's take a deeper look at this rather sensational email meme, not created by Jeff Foxworthy...

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might
live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: Both rely upon being caught in the act. And those crossing the border illegally, and are caught in the act, are indeed detained/arrested.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might
live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to
vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: This aspect of voting was actually instituted by the geniuses that founded the country.

If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16
fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: The order for the F-16s was initiated before the change in leadership in Egypt.

If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make
you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: the sugary drink restrictions were struck down by the court.

If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman
in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by
idiots.

True: The entire TSA fiasco is ridiculous security theater. You get this one.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: This is a bit too simplistic and naive. Quantitative easing is misunderstood and was never about debt reduction, but it also was overdone.
Things would be much worse without it, and jury is still out as to whether or not it only just caused a postponement of bad. 50/50 on this one on the
unknown success of QE, but it was never intended to reduce debt.

If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class
in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food
Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run
by idiots.

False: Not working does not warrant automatic benefits by default. And the founding fathers were believers in social programs, it's clear: "We the
People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the United States of America." Also, once one becomes successful, it's reasonable (in a "perfect" scenario) to expect to pay
higher taxes to support the infrastructure that provides for success.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks of unemployment
checks, without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn’t be found — you might live in a nation that
was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

False: The increase in extended unemployment was a factor of available jobs and private sector hiring data. It was not a plan to get people back to
work.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized
do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was
founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

Flase: Debt is not forgiven unless in bankruptcy, which is now harder to obtain. If a person simply defaults on their mortgage without going bankrupt,
they are still responsible for the balance.

If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

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